Re: parallel option in pg_restore

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:10 PM
> To: Igor Neyman
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] parallel option in pg_restore
>
> "Igor Neyman" <ineyman@perceptron.com> writes:
> > Attached are couple smallish files (I suspect, CM_200909.bac might
> > have just empty tables, no data - but it still produces an errror).
>
> Hmm.  I get
>
> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error while PROCESSING TOC:
> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 2741; 1259
> 30866 TABLE gp_cycle_200907 vec_dba
> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR:
> relation "gp_cycle" does not exist
>     Command was:
> CREATE TABLE gp_cycle_200907 (CONSTRAINT
> gp_cycle_200907_cycle_date_time_check CHECK
> (((cycle_date_time >= '2009-07-01 00:0...
>
> The tables all seem to inherit from tables you omitted from
> the dump, so of course it's not restorable for anyone else.
>
> Now I do see
>
> pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data
> block out of order is not supported without ID on this input
> stream (fseek required)
>
> after that, but I'm wondering if this is just a problem in
> error recovery rather than the bug we thought we were looking for.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
>

Right, like I mentioned, these are partitioned tables.

Attached is script that could be used to pre-create "parent" tables
(from which partitions were inherited).
You run it before restoring backed up partition.

Thank you for taking time to look into this issue.
Regards,
Igor Neyman